Wandering Around The Family Tree

  I'm very lucky to have several of my grandmother Evelyn Clara Call's (1895-1962) photo albums. And perhaps even luckier that she labeled many of the photos - so I know roughly when and where they were taken, and who was in the photos.  My grandmother attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1915-1916, and then Cornell University in Ithaca, New York from 1916-1919. Pages 182-183 contain photographs of Wells College in Aurora, New York where Evelyn worked after graduating from Cornell Page 182 Main Building, Wells College Aurora-on-Cayuga, N.Y. 1919 Page 183 Dining Room at Wells College October, 1919 My grandmother, Evelyn Clara Call (1895-1962), worked at Wells College in Aurora, Cayuga County, New York in 1919-1920 after graduating from Cornell University with a degree in Home Economics.  It's not exactly clear what her job at Wells College was. A September 1919 newspaper article reports that she was the Superintendent of the dormitory at Wells College....

According to his 1907 petition for naturalization, Christen Christensen was born in Lolland, Denmark on 28 September 1878, and arrived in New York on the ship Hekla in May 1891.  [1] However, no male aged about 12 years old named Christen Christensen is listed on the ship ’s passenger list. [2]  Christen ’s sister Kristine and her husband Hans Jensen immigrated to New York on the Hekla in May 1891. Traveling with them was an eleven-year-old child, Kristen. [3] Are Christen Christensen and Kristen Jensen the same person?   Family Background Kirstine and Christen Christensen were children of Lars Christensen and Karen Jensdatter of Radsted, Maribo, Denmark. [4]  Within a few years of their father Lars’ death in 1886, [5]  members of the family began to emigrate to America. Hans, the oldest son, arrived in New York in August 1890. [6]  Kirstine and Christen followed in May 1891. Their sister Cecilie immigrated by 1895 when she married in Brooklyn. [7] ...